baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2560990-A (GB)
Title: Composite material
Inventor: JUERGEN BAUER
IPC: C01B39/00
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: A composite material comprises a macroporous silicate-based material at least partially substituted with at least one microporous zeolite, the microporous zeolite functionalised with either copper, iron or both copper and iron, and wherein the composite material is in the form of particles. The composite material is obtained using a method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a mixture comprising a silicate-containing scaffold having a macroporous structure, an aluminium source and an organic template; (ii) hydrothermally treating the mixture to form a microporous zeolite-containing structure substantially retaining the macroporous structure of the silicate-containing scaffold; (iii) incorporating copper, iron or both copper and iron into the zeolite. The silicate-containing scaffold can be a diatomaceous earth. The microporous zeolite is preferably an aluminosilicate, such as chabazite with a CHA framework type. The organic template may have a tricyclo ring structure such as admantyl trimethylammonium chloride. In step (ii) the mixture may be heated in an autoclave. Further aspects relate to an SCR catalyst composition comprising the composite material, use of the composite material in an SCR process and an emission treatment system.
Patent GB-2549857-A (GB)
Title: Connector
Inventor: CHRISTOPH KARL
IPC: H05B3/84
Filed: 2017-04-28
Abstract: A connector 1 for providing an electrical connection to a fragile substrate, the connector comprises a first and a second mounting portion 2, 3 for engaging a fragile substrate and a connection portion 4 between the first and second mounting portions and for making an electrical connection to the connector, each mounting portion comprising a first surface 2a, 3a, for facing the fragile substrate in use, the connector being formed from an alloy of iron having a coefficient of thermal expansion of from 10 x 10-6 m/m°C to 16 x 10-6 m/m°C and an electrical conductivity of greater than 4 x 106 S/m. Preferably a pair of lugs or spacers extend from the first surface to space the first surface from the fragile substrate in use, and the connector may have a ramp between the mounting portion and connecting portion. The connector may be fabricated from steel, such as carbon steel. Preferably the fragile substrate is glass and a lead-free solder preform (silver, tin) is in frictional engagement with the mounting portion).
Patent GB-2563434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a hand held device comprising a brush
Inventor: Celine McDonald
IPC: A46B11/02
Filed: 2017-06-16
Abstract: A hand held powder dispensing brush 100 comprises an elongate body 110 having, at one end thereof, a brush head 150 comprising a plurality of bristles 152 in a pre-defined arrangement: the elongate body comprises an internal cavity 131 defining a storage compartment adapted to hold a drying agent, such as talcum powder other particulate material, a means for releasing the drying agent from the storage compartment and for delivery to the bristles of the brush. The elongate body preferably consists of a rigid outer shell 120 and a deformable inner receptacle. Portions of the inner cavity 132 may be accessed through apertures 121 in the outer shell allowing a user to squeeze the receptacle thus releasing the drying agent. Alternatively, the entire body may be formed from an elastomeric material. A kit of parts including a deformable receptacle and a plurality of interchangeable brush heads is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2547614-A (GB)
Title: Stabilizer
Inventor: MARK C GLASER
IPC: E21B17/10
Filed: 2015-12-10
Abstract: A stabilizer for passing through a restriction includes a tubular body (20) having a bore (8) therethrough; a rigid blade (130) disposed on the tubular body; and a deformable blade (120) disposed on the tubular body, wherein the deformable blade includes a geometric profile configured to preferentially bend the deformable blade in one direction when the deformable blade encounters the restriction, and wherein the deformable blade has a height greater than a height of the rigid blade. In one example, the deformable blade is offset from a radial axis.
Patent GB-2563940-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for dyeing items
Inventor: MILES MANN
IPC: D06B23/14
Filed: 2017-06-30
Abstract: Apparatus for dying fabric items comprises two parts 5 detachably connectable to form a container and which are preferably generally hemi-spherical. A retainers 15 secure the parts together in a connected condition such that they define an internal space arranged to contain an item to be dyed. At least one of the parts comprises a dye inlet port 10 to allow fabric dye to be introduced into the internal space of the container. Each inlet port 10 may comprise a one-way valve. Each part may comprise complimentary extension portions 7 which together form opposed externally threaded extensions with hollow innards in communication with the internal space. Retainers 15 may be screwed onto the extensions to hold the parts 5 together and caps 19 may close the hollow innards and may be removed to rinse and drain the container of dye. The container may comprise a mount 20 with a grip 20b, and a handle 25 for rotating the container. The container may be used for tie-dying.
Patent GB-2548770-A (GB)
Title: Fire mist apparatus and system and method of use thereof
Inventor: ROBERT WARD
IPC: F21V33/00
Filed: 2014-12-11
Abstract: Fire mist apparatus (1) is provided including a fire mist dispensing head (2) having at least one fluid outlet means provided thereon for dispensing a fluid therefrom on activation of the same in use. The apparatus further includes illumination means (5) capable of emitting light therefrom in use.
Patent GB-2556206-A (GB)
Title: Swelling sleeve method to prevent gravel pack movement into voids adjacent screen connections and exposing screen portions
Inventor: CHRISTOPHE A MALBREL
IPC: E21B43/04
Filed: 2016-03-29
Abstract: A gravel pack of screen sections separated by blank pipe is accomplished with sleeves around the blank sections that have a smaller run in dimension to allow the gravel to get past the sleeves during the gravel packing. When the gravel packing is complete the sleeves swell or otherwise enlarge to fill the voids where no or insufficient amount of gravel has been deposited. The presence of the enlarged sleeves prevents settling or shifting of the gravel pack away from the screens because voids that would otherwise have been there are filled with the enlarged sleeves. This is more of an issue in wells that are closer to vertical than horizontal
Patent GB-2572349-A (GB)
Title: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy
Inventor: ADAM WASENCZUK
IPC: F16F15/03
Filed: 2018-03-27
Abstract: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, the generator comprising: a central mast, an electrically conductive coil assembly fixedly mounted to the mast, the coil at least partly surrounding the mast, a mount for the coil extending radially inwardly of the coil and fixed to the mast, a magnetic core movably mounted to the mast for linear vibrational motion along an axis about an equilibrium position, the core at least partly surrounding the coil and the mast, a biasing device mounted between the mast and core to bias the core in opposed directions along the axis towards equilibrium, the biasing device comprising a pair of first and second plate springs, each of the springs having an inner edge respectively fitted to first and second opposite ends of the mast and an outer edge fitted to the core, the outer edge of the first plate spring being fitted to a first end part of the core and the outer edge of the second plate spring being fitted to a second end part of the core, wherein each of the springs comprises a spring member with inner and outer portions, the spring member being a folded sheet spring and the inner and outer portions are connected by a fold.
Patent GB-2574414-A (GB)
Title: Automated worm line
Inventor: LOU DERKS
IPC: A01K67/033
Filed: 2018-06-05
Abstract: An automated worm line 200 comprising: a container station 10; one or more container conveyors 14; an organic material station 20; one or more organic material conveyors 24; a worm filling station 30; one or more worm conveyors 34 wherein organic material filled containers are filled with working worms 400a; a transfer station 50 for transferring organic material filled containers from the worm line; a storage station 60 for organic material filled containers where the filled containers are stored for a time sufficient for the working worms 400a to work the organic material before being transferred back onto the worm line; a container emptying station 70; a separating station where worms are separated from compost and working worms are separated from worms for harvesting; one or more compost conveyors 74 for conveying the emptied worms 400 and worm compost 300 from the container emptying station 70 to the separating station 80; a worm collecting station 90; a compost collecting station 100; and one or more worm compost conveyors 84 to convey the worm compost 300 for collecting. Also claimed is a method for the production of worms and worm compost. Worms are from the genus Eisenia or Dendrobaena.
Patent GB-2562425-A (GB)
Title: Removal of hydrate inhibitors from waste streams
Inventor: Jeremy Wayne Bartels
IPC: C08L33/24
Filed: 2017-02-03
Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and high molecular weight polymeric flocculants for removing a polymeric low dose hydrate inhibitor. More specifically, the method comprises contacting a high molecular weight polymeric flocculant to an aqueous fluid containing the polymer low dose hydrate inhibitor. The high molecular weight polymeric flocculants comprises repeating units derived from an anionic monomer.
Patent GB-2576156-A (GB)
Title: Connector and method of manufacture
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JOHN BURROW
IPC: H01R24/58
Filed: 2018-08-06
Abstract: An electrically conductive pin 40 for a connector, the connector comprising a first part having at least one conductive pin and a second part having at least one shuttle pin, wherein the conductive pin comprises two or more electrically conductive cores 41/45 42/46, each conductive core being provided with an external contact 47 48, and an insulating material 44 forming a watertight seal with the conductive cores and the electrical contacts. The shuttle pin (figures 3A-B) includes a nested return spring having a first spring (82), a second spring (83) and a coupling device (e.g. cylinder 85) to couple the springs together. The nested spring arrangement accommodates the increased mating stroke associated with the multiple contact pin, allowing the pins to be retrofitted in the space available in existing connectors. There is also a method of manufacturing a conductive pin (figure 11) by over-moulding the conductive cores and contacts with a layer of insulating material.
Patent GB-2577935-A (GB)
Title: Permanent plug and abandonment plug established and verified with overdisplaced cement in A-annulus
Inventor: BÅRD MARIUS JOHANSEN
IPC: E21B47/005
Filed: 2018-10-12
Abstract: Method of installing a verified bridge plug at a downhole location in a well having a first seal 6 between the casing and the tubing 4. Setting a second seal 12 within the tubing proximate to the first seal 6, and opening passages 13 through the tubing 4 into the A-annulus above both the first seal 6 and second seal 12. A wet sealant is pumped into the tubing above the second seal 12: the sealant fills the tubing 4 to a first height above the passages 13 and flows through the passages 13 to fill the A-annulus to a second height greater than the first height. The sealant in the A-annulus between the first and second heights is over-displaced sealant. After the sealant has set, the over-displaced sealant is pressure tested to determine its integrity and further sequences of sealing can be performed to create the PP&A permanent plug and abandonment seal. The plug can be set without any control cables 30 present in the annulus or with the control cable 30 only partially present in the annulus. Tubing cement and A-annulus cement can be delivered through the tubing as discrete plugs with burst valves (figs 9-11).
Patent GB-2580862-A (GB)
Title: Method for use with a radiotherapy device
Inventor: CHRIS FLINT
IPC: H05H9/04
Filed: 2018-10-18
Abstract: Predictive maintenance and/or remote diagnostic techniques are disclosed for determining whether repair or replacement of an electron gun 202 of a radiotherapy device should be scheduled. The radiotherapy device comprises a linear accelerator configured to provide therapeutic radiation, e.g. x-rays, to a patient. The radiotherapy device comprises an electron gun 202 and a waveguide 204 for accelerating electrons toward a target to produce said radiation. The radiotherapy device also comprises a current sensor 230, e.g. an ammeter, configured to provide signals indicative of current supplied to the electron gun. The method comprises receiving and processing a current value, and based on the processing of the current value, determining whether repair or replacement of the electron gun should be scheduled. Processing the current value comprises determining ether the current value meets at least one threshold criterion and determining whether the current value has changed by at least a threshold amount in a particular time period.
Patent GB-2579766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to injection moulding machines
Inventor: SAMUEL COOPER THOMPSON
IPC: B29C45/50
Filed: 2018-10-20
Abstract: An injection moulding machine comprises a barrel (2, fig 1) and a piston (1, fig. 1). A portion 6 of the outer surface 10 of the piston abuts a portion 6 of the inner surface 11 of the barrel at all times in use. An opening 7 is provided when the piston is sufficiently withdrawn (figure 2) from the barrel to permit moulding material to be inserted into the barrel. The opening not is not present when the piston is fully inserted into the barrel (figure 3).
Patent GB-2578606-A (GB)
Title: Data transmission protocol
Inventor: NIGEL PRITCHARD
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2018-10-31
Abstract: A method to transmit at least a first type of data and a second type of data between a first computer 102 and a second computer 104. Each type of data has an associated transmission priority, and the first type of data has a receipt requirement. Acknowledgement messages received by the first computer from the second computer are used to determine whether previously transmitted data requires retransmission. An acknowledgement message may contain a sequence number of a data element and the first computer may maintain an associated transmission status of the data. The computers may exchange bandwidth request messages such that a bandwidth estimation may be made and a data transmission window size adjusted. The first computer may send a probe message to a specific second computer or a broadcast message to all computers in a local area network and receive a response that indicates a security setting for transmission of data. The invention may be used for the reliable delivery of data over an unreliable protocol such as UDP, i.e. reliable UDP. The computer may be a medical device that gathers real-time medical data such as heart rate, blood pressure etc.
Patent GB-2565940-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for scheduling in a non-uniform compute device
Inventor: Jonathan Curtis Beard
IPC: G06F12/0893
Filed: 2017-03-16
Abstract: A data processing apparatus, and method of operation thereof, for executing instructions. The apparatus includes one or more host processors, each having a first processing unit, and a multi-level memory system. One or more levels of the memory system are tightly coupled to a corresponding second processing unit. At least one of the host processors includes an instruction scheduler that routes instructions selectively to at least one of the first and second processing units, dependent upon the availability of the processing units and the location, within the memory system, of data to be used when executing the instructions.
Patent GB-2567570-A (GB)
Title: Detecting and predicting bottlenecks in complex systems
Inventor: BARTLOMIEJ MALECKI
IPC: G06F11/22
Filed: 2017-06-08
Abstract: A method, computer system and computer program product for detecting a bottleneck in a system are provided. The method includes receiving a graph (102), wherein a node represents a software module and an edge represents a communication channel between software modules, monitoring selected resources for each software module in comparison to available resources (104), monitoring a ratio of a bandwidth consumed on a communication channel versus available bandwidth (106), traversing the graph for identifying a source software module whose produced amount of output is below the amount of output needed by the software module that is in idle mode (108), and analyzing a resource consumption of the identified source software module to identify a lacking amount of resource for the identified source software module (110).
Patent GB-2566870-A (GB)
Title: System and method for managing product usage from dispensers
Inventor: BABAK R GHAZI
IPC: G08B21/24
Filed: 2016-06-28
Abstract: A system and method are provided for improving product usage prior to refill of product dispensers in service areas that include a plurality of such dispensers. Via a sensor configured with each of the product dispensers and a control system in communication with the sensors, a product level or amount condition of product in each dispenser is detected. Based on the information from the sensors, a visual or audio message is generated and transmitted to the patron that encourages the patron to use a first product dispenser that has a greater product fill amount as compared to a second product dispenser in the same or a different service area.
Patent GB-2581778-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle control system
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JAMES GREEN
IPC: F02D41/02
Filed: 2019-02-21
Abstract: A control system for controlling a vehicle with an automatic transmission and an electric supercharger, the system configured to receive signals indicative of an operational parameter of the supercharger 21, determine whether a threshold value has been met based on the received signal, and downshift the automatic transmission if the threshold value has been met 23. Preferably, the operational parameters include the temperature, power output, or operational time of the supercharger, or the state of charge of a battery supplying power to the supercharger. The system may downshift the transmission only when a predetermined demand for engine power has been exceeded 24. The threshold value could be based on a predetermined value at which the supercharger de-rates of shuts-off. An electronic processor and memory device may be used to execute the system. A related method is also provided.
Patent GB-2570584-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous robot that maintains sense of natural distance
Inventor: KANAME HAYASHI
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2017-09-05
Abstract: This robot 100 is provided with an imaging unit which images an area, and a movement control unit which, depending on the size of the imaged target 414, controls the distance to the target 414.  The robot 100 may further be provided with an action control unit which controls action of a head part, and a recognition unit which recognizes the face of the imaged target 414.  The action control unit may control action of the head part such that the line of sight of the head part has an upward viewing angle θ facing the face of the target 414.  The motion control unit optionally controls the distance to the target 414 depending on the height of the target 414.
Patent GB-2575151-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor device for light detection
Inventor: DANIEL GÄBLER
IPC: H01L31/107
Filed: 2019-04-25
Abstract: A semiconductor device 10 for light detection, such as a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) of a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), has an anti-reflective coating 30 overlapping an optical active region of a photodiode (such as a doped silicon layer 26). The anti-reflective coating 30 also forms a resistor which is connected to the photodiode (for a passive quenching circuit). Overlapping the resistor with the optical active region may increase the device fill factor. The resistor may be a patterned polysilicon layer with holes 24 filled with silicon oxide (SiO2), having an effective refractive index between that of the polysilicon and silicon oxide. The polysilicon layer may be patterned using a POLY mask of a CMOS process, and the semiconductor device 10 may have a contact stop layer 36 (silicon nitride (Si3N4) or silicon oxynitride (SION)) on the resistor, and a silicon oxide layer 38 on the contact stop layer.
Patent GB-2573448-A (GB)
Title: Downhole remote trigger activation device for VLH big bore and mono bore configured running tools with programming logic
Inventor: GARY ALLEN KOHN
IPC: F16K1/18
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: A method, a device and a system for activating a running/setting tool are provided. The method includes: 1) detecting a wellbore condition at the running tool, 2) based on a signal from surface equipment received at the running tool, initiating an isolation of pressure below the running tool from pressure above the running tool, and 3) if the signal is not received at the running tool, initiating the isolation of pressure below the running tool from the above at a predefined time based on the wellbore condition.
Patent GB-2589059-A (GB)
Title: Taxiing method and apparatus
Inventor: ANTONY KERSHAW
IPC: G08G5/06
Filed: 2019-09-17
Abstract: A method for assisting a pilot to navigate an aircraft when taxiing comprises displaying, conformal to outside scenery, a centre line 210 of a route on an eyes out screen 200. A pictorial indication 230 of the alignment of the undercarriage with the centre line, as well as further graphical information 250, 290 related to the navigation are displayed on the screen. The graphical information may be a speed, a distance to a turn or an estimated time of arrival. A warning may be displayed when a speed, power setting, distance to turn or distance to traffic breach a threshold. Mandatory stop bars may be displayed. A tactile feedback may be given based upon a deviation from the centre line of the route. An overhead map may be displayed on the screen, including any hazards.
Patent GB-2588407-A (GB)
Title: Baggage-based user identity verification system and method
Inventor: GLENN MORGAN
IPC: G06T7/70
Filed: 2019-10-22
Abstract: A identity verification method comprising a computing device (21; Fig 1) which: receives a baggage item challenge; outputs by a mixed/augmented reality user interface a prompt to respond to the challenge; receives a user’s response to the challenge S7-15, the response identifying a user-defined location on the baggage item; generates a response to the challenge based on the location S7-17; and transmits the response S7-19, whereby a result is received based on the response verification. Also, a computer-implemented identity verification method comprising a server (3; Fig 1) which: sends the challenge S7-3, receives the response S7-21, verifies the response S7-25 and sends the result. Also, a method of identifying an object in a baggage handling system by: capturing an image of the object (S9-1; Fig 9), detecting the object in the image (S9-7; Fig 9), determining a data signature of the object (S9-3; Fig 9), retrieving virtual tag data associated with the signature (including the tag location on the object) (S9-5; Fig 9), determining that the tag location is visible in the image (S9-9, Fig 9), augmenting the image with the image data of the tag at the location (S9-15; Fig 9), and displaying the image (S9-17; Fig 9).